Khaleda calls AL party of atheists

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday called Awami League a party of atheists and its professed secularism nothing but a sham.
Secularism is AL's mask and it is the ruling party that attacks religious communities whenever it gets a chance, said Khaleda at a function marking Shubha Bijoya at the capital's Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh.
Terming the incumbent government a "power grabber", she further said the ruling party men were torturing the Hindu community across the country; but the government had not taken any action against them.
On the other hand, Khaleda described her party as a patriotic one and said it wanted friendly relations with people of all religious communities, classes and professions at home and abroad.
The people of the country are not secured in the hands of the government as the incidents like killing, forced disappearance, abduction and violence are going on across the country, she blamed.
"Please come forward so that we can protect the country from the ruling Awami League," she urged.

Referring to Narayanganj seven-murder case and Bishwajit killing during BNP's hartal last year, Khaleda again held the ruling party men responsible for such gruesome killings.    
"People know what AL is. BNP is a pro-people political party and we will form a government which will be for the people only," she said.